Why My Nine Year Old Sister Quickly Left The House

Rainy afternoon to all of you. It's funny how the skies are crying, together with my younger sister as she was trying to fix what's broken.

It happened awhile ago, while I was exploring the Hive. I signed up last night thanks to ate Caryl @keeneek who sent me the link for me to start my Hive account. As I explore the communities and read some articles and blogs for newbies like me, I felt the desire to go to the restroom for the nth time already. I don't know what made my stomach upset, I had only eaten dinakdakan and rice for lunch alongside coffee because I woke up late.

Since I thought I might have gotten diarrhea, I searched for something in the fridge that will calm my angry stomach. Luckily, I found Yakult in the freezer. While I was about to go my room, my youngest sister saw me holding my yakult and she wanted to have some. She also thought I was hiding all the Yakult in the refrigerator because she hadn't seen some for awhile and all she had were her Mogu Mogus. I hurried to the refrigerator and get her some yakult. I was on my way again to my laptop when I saw my younger sister, lying in the bed, scrolling through her phone and her tablet got my attention.

Hey, why is it shattered?

I was referring to the glass of her tablet. She had two, but the one she uses often was this one.

At first she thought I was joking because I used to joke around them. She checked her tablet and saw that the glass was cracked.

We were talking as I was opening the yakult of my youngest sister. When I was about to give the yakult to her, she was gone.

She's the kid who lets us know first before going out of the house but this time, she didn't tell us. She was gone in seconds! I was worried because she don't usually do this. It's the first time. My younger sister and I became suspicious. Our youngest might have been the one who did this to her tablet.

I told my parents about my youngest sister. I looked for her outside until I reached our gate but she's not there. I wonder, where is she?

I went home frustrated as I haven't found her yet. I told my mom again about this despite her working. She left her workstation at home and looked for her once again. She came back together with our youngest. Thank God! With all the missing people being mentioned in the news and social medias, thoughts keep rushing in our minds.

She was in our neighbor's house, playing with our neighbor's kid. I told her first that her Yakult is in the refrigerator before asking her questions about the tablet. As a teacher, I don't want to blame anyone. I'd ask questions without sounding like it's an interrogation.

I asked her first if she's playing with the kid and what they're playing. She was nervous. She thought she's in danger. I'm sad to be honest, that this is how she was feeling. Our parents were strict that's why when we had our youngest sister, I made sure that parenting will be different this time since I've learned about childcare and child development and the factors that affect our growth.

I made sure it is a safe space for her to open up what happened to the tablet. She said she heard our conversation and she thought that our parents would get angry and shout at her so she quickly ran away from home. How sad.

She also confessed that she was the one who did that, well, it's an accident. She was jumping on the bed when she stepped on something, sadly, it was our sister's tablet. She said sorry after we talked.

The damage has been done and she already said her sorry. She can't do anything about it because she's still a kid. My sister isn't that angry as well because she knows that placing her tablet on the bed, under her blanket is a wrong move as well.

I'm just glad that I was able to talk to my youngest sister calmly or else it would turn out differently. As the eldest, it became my responsibility as well.

July 8, 2022